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Can someone explain what this is all about?
https://twitter.com/lindayacc/status/1683213997183574017
Don't look at me.
Looks like ChatGPT's attempt at an internet startup.
How TF is a name to "X" dreaming big?
Surely this is just an extension of what was already a vanity project to try and add credit to Elmos "input" into a product he hasnt made any better and existed long before he was forced to buy it?
Surely this is just an extension of what was already a vanity project
I think it was part of his "plan" when he brought twitter rather than an extension. He wants to do a equivalent of WeChat.
Honestly it's like an episode of The Office.
X, traditionally used to indicate something missing or failed to load.
Surely this is just an extension of what was already a vanity project
x-tension, please.
Thought it was a nice gesture, naming it after one of his kids.
In theory X isn't a terrible idea, it's unlikely to work and will cost £B's to develop but if it did work it would be a massive cash cow. The thing is you need a large highly motivated well-funded dev team, with clear strategy - not a team that's been cut to the bone with the direction being set by an edgelord, who thinks he's cleverer than he actually is, tweeting whilst stoned
Elon has a thing for 'X' as a company/ product name. PayPal was apparently almost 'X.com'...
His stated goal is to turn twitter into something more like WeChat, bolting payment and financial services onto a Comms app.
So he's killing off one of the most recognisable brands in the world because twenty odd years ago it was generally agreed 'X' is a kind of shit company name and he was voted down...
It's the master plan of X billionaire Elon Musk.
X-parrot
The branding has a familiar, comforting, feel, though.
He wants to do a equivalent of WeChat.
However, his starting move of collapsing the revenue of his existing assets, is certainly a non conventional way of expanding....
PayPal was apparently almost ‘X.com’…
Luckily, there were some adults in the room at the time...
Musk got lucky with PayPal and thinks it was down to his genius.
I think it was part of his “plan” when he brought twitter rather than an extension. He wants to do a equivalent of WeChat.
Sounds like the mistake he made was to buy Twitter, that isnt what he wants, instead of buying WeChat... that seems to be exactly what he wants.
Nevermind though - he can build his new dream from scratch with all the talented Twitter employees he bought.
I like that he's putting out a call for people to design a logo for something that as yet is non Xistent
Heres my effort
So now they've scrapped the name Twitter, the only thing that X has going for it is its users.
Many of whom are probably rolling their eyes and thinking again about whether they really want to stick with it.
Terrible judgement. I mean Facebook is a bad name for what it is, but Meta are smart enough to know that it has value as a brand.
I remember i worked for Wood Group, and they renamed themselves as 'Wood', which i thought was a bit random. After asking the managers, i asked why the one word company name.
They said that they wanted to be like Virgin, where Virgin is the Brand, and the the companies file under it, Virgin Music, Virgin Money, Virgin Atlantic etc.
So looks like Musk is maybe trying to align his companies under the brand name X. So Space X, X (twitter) etc. Just have to rename Tesla, Starlink etc...
I don't know about turning all his businesses to X but he seems to be developing a talent for turning them into ex
Just have to rename Tesla
TeXticles?
I don’t know about turning all his businesses to X but he seems to be developing a talent for turning them into ex
the ‘x’ is pronounced ‘nought’
Honestly it’s like an episode of The Office.
I dunno, I often felt pity for David Brent, whereas I think Elon Musk is just a massive xunt
This feels a bit like Hermes rebranding as Evri.
So if you used to tweet while on twitter, what do you now do on X?
Seems like the ultimate back-of-a-fag-packet rebranding exercise
🤦🏻♂️
X.com business unknown soon to be followed by x.com terror from the tweet.
So if you used to tweet while on twitter, what do you now do on X?
You “x” - catchy
From a design point of view, I think this just about nails it...
https://twitter.com/ch1w33th3d0g/status/1683237103147294720?s=20
Yikes that's a bad embed. Let's try again.
https://mastodon.social/@Popehat/110765110031504080
Here is how to distinguish Elon Musk’s new X.com from 1994 computer strategy gaming classic XCOM: one involves a brave struggle against freakish, hideous alien intelligence seeking to undermine world civilization with advanced technology and the other is a computer game
When’s the cage fight?
Didn't his mum ban him from doing that?
I've got to say, I agree with that tweet, new logo does look like some creepy dating app for weird men who're into, I dunno; school girls or some other weird shit.
dangeourbrain
Full MemberX.com business unknown soon to be followed by x.com terror from the tweet.
Well played
He has actually gone and done it - go to twitter.com and you're greeted by his crappy X logo.
Bonkers.
Why does it accentuate the stroke going down to the right? Is it Musk's net worth?
Sounds like the mistake he made was to buy Twitter, that isnt what he wants, instead of buying WeChat… that seems to be exactly what he wants.
It was how WeChat started (hence the name) so it does sort of make sense to start with twitter and build it out (WeChat not being an option due to being Chinese ignoring the price tag).
Just the execution has been somewhat flawed so far.
I just checked and x.com is parked with GoDaddy so if you are quick you can steal his domain.
I just checked and x.com is parked with GoDaddy so if you are quick you can steal his domain.
Unfortunately with their broker service, and I imagine musk's pockets are rather deeper than mine.
Just the execution has been somewhat flawed so far.
That's because it's not covered in any of HG Well's works